Holocaust

  • Nazi Take Power

    Once the Nazis had eliminated these enemies, they turned against other groups in Germany.
  • The Persecution

    During this time, Hitler took power in Germany, he ordered all "non- Aryans" to be removed from government jobs.
  • The Nuremberg Laws

    The Nuremberg laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship, jobs, and property.
  • Kristallnacht

    "Night of Broken Glass." Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish home, businesses, and synagogues across Germany and Austria.
  • The German Linear Ship

    Official indifference to the plight of Germany's Jews was in evidence in the case of the ship St. Louis. The German Linear ship passed Miami in 1939.
  • Hitlers "Final Solution"

    Hitlers "Final Solution"
    Nazis had concentrated on silencing their political opponents/ communists, socialists, liberals, and anyone else who spoke up against certain things.
  • Death Camps

    Each camp had several huge gas chambers which as many as 12,000 people were killed a day.
  • The Final Stage

    At a meeting held in Wannsee, a lakeside suburb near Berlin, Hitlers top officials agreed to begin a new phase of the mass murder of Jews.